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Christopher Thompson tells a coroner's court of the death of his mother in Kitzbuhel in February 2012. She had snowboarded six times, was wearing a helmet, but ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/10157842/Son-saw-mothers-fatal-fall-on-family-skiing-holiday.html
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The type of fall she had was one that boarders of all levels of experience would suffer regularly, Christopher told Winchester Coroner's Court.
Most snowboarders do not put out their hands to break their fall for fear they will break their wrist or arm, and therefore often hit their head instead, he added.
Maybe we could establish the relative risk to the head from snowboarding -v- skiing. Similar concussion in skiing is, of course, hardly unknown.
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I can remember some years ago there wasa comparrison of ski and snowboard injuries but I can't remember what the results were
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Sad case but thankfully very rare - as they say something every snowboarder has done many times. Very difficult to break a backwards fall with the hands, my best attempt is to tuck chin in and try to roll off a shoulder. Problem is heelside slams happen really fast and it's hard to avoid a bit of whiplashing.
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Very sad but as it said, accidental death
Heelside slams are also so fast you often don't get a chance to put a hand out let alone decide not to for fear of a breakage.
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